#lit

Humankind cannot bear very much reality. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#cannot #humankind #much #reality #very

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#any #beyond #different #different emotions #emotions

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#high #literature #our #person #praise

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#i #i am #literature #politics #religion

It's part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities. ↗

— Kelly Lynch

#part #personalities #strong #work

I never learned to cook; I was a little spoiled as far as that's concerned. ↗

— Hector Elizondo

#concerned #cook #far #i #learned

I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can. ↗

— Linda Ellerbee

#always #any #called #darkness #day

If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck? ↗

— Linda Ellerbee

#day #how #intelligent #little #men

Already, China has undermined U.S. foreign policy in efforts to gain access to oil resources in Iran and Sudan. We simply cannot separate the political and economic values of oil. ↗

— Jo Ann Emerson

#already #cannot #china #economic #economic values

The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion. ↗

— John Paul Stevens

#course #government #must #neutrality #pursue